Artist

Alessandro Gherardini

Portrait of Alessandro Gherardini
Portrait of Alessandro Gherardini

1655–1726

Alessandro Gherardini was a Barbizon school artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections. Alessandro Gherardini was born in Florence.

Alessandro Gherardini (16 November 1655 – 1726) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence.

He was the pupil of the painter Alessandro Rosi. In Florence, he painted a Crucifixion for the Monastery of the Augustines adjacent to Santa Maria dei Candeli; and frescoes from the Life of St. Anthony for the Convent of San Marco. He painted frescoes on the Life of Alexander the Great for Casa Orlandini.

He is described as a competitor for commissions in Florence with Anton Domenico Gabbiani. Among Gherardini's pupils was Sebastiano Galeotti, who later moved to Genoa.

Works by Alessandro Gherardini

Collections represented

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